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4 results foundAuthor: Arifuku, Isami Title: An Assessment of the Enhanced Ranch Program Santa Clara County Probation Department Summary: In 2006, the Santa Clara County Probation Department (SCCPD) changed its approach to serving youth in two of its juvenile justice programs--the William F. James Boys' Ranch and the Muriel Wright Center. The overarching objectives of the change were to provide specific therapeutic services to youth and families while maintaining a commitment to public safety. The new cognitive-behavioral model marks a vastly different structure and philosophy, patterned after the evidence-based program developed by the Missouri Division of Youth Services. The new model, entitled the Enhanced Ranch Program, targets youth heavily entrenched in the juvenile justice system and emphasizes positive, peer-based group interactions and a holistic approach to developing individual case plans. Specially trained teams of staff work with small groups of youth offenders. Teams function as therapeutic units that share the daily activities of life with youth and focus on their critical thinking, personal development, and group processes. The Enhanced Ranch Program serves high-risk, high- need youth with gang affiliations, substance abuse issues, and significant criminal histories. This model was designed to improve outcomes for youth with extensive criminal histories by ensuring that they receive the most appropriate and purposeful services. The primary focus is to help youth internalize healthy behavior that will help them succeed. Details: Oakland, CA: National Council on Crime and Delinquency, 2009. 42p. Source: Internet Resource Year: 2009 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 118219 Keywords: Juvenile OffendersJuvenile ProbationRehabilitation, Juveniles |
Author: Keaton, Sandy Title: Families as Healers: Phoenix House San Diego's Family Services Enhancement Program Summary: The goal of the Families as Healers (FAH) program is to strengthen and expand Phoenix House San Diego’s Family Services programming to improve the quality and access of services while enhancing a program that promotes healthy behaviors. The project, which received initial funding from The California Endowment, aimed to provide services to approximately 50 unduplicated youths between August 1, 2006, and July 31, 2008. This funding was extended with a grant from the Alliance Healthcare Foundation to enhance the specialized health and mental services as well as extend the follow-up period through September 2009. During this period the program exceeded its goal to serve 50 youth and their families, with a total of 320 youth enrolled and agreeing to participate in the evaluation. The Criminal Justice Research Division of SANDAG conducted the impact evaluation of the FAH program by analyzing data on participants at intake, exit, and six months post exit. Data showed that FAH clients were dealing with multiple issues including severe substance use, mental health symptoms, and delinquent behavior. Additionally, compared to outpatient clients, residential clients were at higher risk in most categories. Exit and data follow-up data exit showed that youth made positive gains in substance use, school/employment participation, and delinquency. This is the sixth and final report. Details: San Diego: SANDAG (San Diego Association of Governments), 2009. 27p. Source: Internet Resource Year: 2009 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 118764 Keywords: Drug TreatmentFamily InterventionsJuvenile Offenders (San Diego)Mental Health ServicesRecidivismRehabilitation, JuvenilesSubstance Abuse |
Author: Great Britain. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation Title: To Get the Best Results: A Joint Inspection of Offending Behaviour, Health and Education, Training & Employment Interventions in Youth Offending work in England and Wales Summary: This thematic inspection is one of several which, with the Core Case Inspections, form the three year Inspection of Youth Offending programme coordinated by HMI Probation. The team for this inspection included inspectors from HMI Probation, the Care Quality Commission, Estyn, the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales and Ofsted – inspectorates that have a direct interest in the subject matter. The inspectors visited six Youth Offending Teams and examined individual cases where thinking and behaviour or attitudes to offending, health and education, training and employment issues had been identified as being linked to offending. We spoke with young people about their experiences of the services they had received and also with practitioners and managers, along with representatives from partner agencies. We found that strategically, both nationally and locally, not enough attention was being given to the planning, delivery and evaluation of interventions that tackle offending behaviour. Youth Offending Teams need to access and make more use of information about ‘What Works’ in making interventions more effective. We found that although YOTs sometimes achieved some success in practice they were often not clear themselves how they had achieved this. Better understanding of the information and research would enable them to achieve better results in future. In particular, we found that thorough assessments that address offending behaviour, health and education, training & employment were often being done, but these did not always lead to clear planning and delivery of the right interventions with the right individuals in the right way at the right time. Better case planning was needed, as was training and development for practitioners. Therefore, although it was pleasing to note many examples of good practice, there were aspects that still required improvement by managers. Details: Longon: Ministry of Justice, 2011. 50p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 18, 2011 at: http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/publications/inspectorate-reports/hmiprob/interventions-thematic-report.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/publications/inspectorate-reports/hmiprob/interventions-thematic-report.pdf Shelf Number: 122080 Keywords: Juvenile Offenders (U.K.)Juvenile ProbationRehabilitation, Juveniles |
Author: Wood, Sara Title: Evaluation of the Youth Crime Action Plan (YCAP) in Liverpool Summary: The Youth Crime Action Plan (YCAP) was developed in 2008 and involves a three tier approach to tackle anti‐social behaviour and crime committed by youths. Comprising seven programmes or strands, it aims to reduce offending and re‐offending rates among young people by earlier prevention, tougher enforcement and punishment, and non‐negotiable support. YCAP is being delivered by sixty‐nine local authorities across the country, including Liverpool. The Centre for Public Health (CPH) was commissioned by Liverpool City Council to evaluate the six main YCAP projects implemented across Liverpool, and to report on a seventh strand in which YCAP funding was provided to various agencies to help support young victims of crime: 1. Reparation in leisure time (RLT). 2. Operation Staysafe (OS). 3. Street‐Based Teams (SBTs). 4. After School Patrols (ASPs). 5. Family Intervention Project (FIP). 6. Triage in custody suites 7. Supporting young victims. This report provides findings from all evaluations and studies, which were conducted between April 2010 and March 2011. Details: Liverpool: Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, 2011. 80p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 8, 2011 at: http://www.cph.org.uk/showPublication.aspx?pubid=723 Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.cph.org.uk/showPublication.aspx?pubid=723 Shelf Number: 123264 Keywords: Anti-Social BehaviorJuvenile Offenders (U.K.)Rehabilitation, JuvenilesReoffending |